Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc1' into sched/urgent

Merge reason: update to latest upstream to queue up fix

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

132 files changed, 17625 insertions, 5074 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 170a9213c1b..42423665660 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM) += power/
+obj-$(CONFIG_FREEZER) += power/
 obj-$(CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT) += acct.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC) += kexec.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST) += backtracetest.o
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIT_TREE) += audit_tree.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES) += kprobes.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB) += kgdb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP) += softlockup.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK) += hung_task.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS) += irq/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECCOMP) += seccomp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST) += rcutorture.o
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT) += dma-coherent.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += sched_cpupri.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SLOW_WORK) += slow-work.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
 # According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
diff --git a/kernel/async.c b/kernel/async.c
index 67a2be71f51..968ef9457d4 100644
--- a/kernel/async.c
+++ b/kernel/async.c
@@ -49,11 +49,13 @@ asynchronous and synchronous parts of the kernel.
 */
 
 #include <linux/async.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
 static async_cookie_t next_cookie = 1;
@@ -132,8 +134,7 @@ static void run_one_entry(void)
 	entry = list_first_entry(&async_pending, struct async_entry, list);
 
 	/* 2) move it to the running queue */
-	list_del(&entry->list);
-	list_add_tail(&entry->list, &async_running);
+	list_move_tail(&entry->list, entry->running);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock, flags);
 
 	/* 3) run it (and print duration)*/
@@ -208,18 +209,44 @@ static async_cookie_t __async_schedule(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data, struct l
 	return newcookie;
 }
 
+/**
+ * async_schedule - schedule a function for asynchronous execution
+ * @ptr: function to execute asynchronously
+ * @data: data pointer to pass to the function
+ *
+ * Returns an async_cookie_t that may be used for checkpointing later.
+ * Note: This function may be called from atomic or non-atomic contexts.
+ */
 async_cookie_t async_schedule(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data)
 {
-	return __async_schedule(ptr, data, &async_pending);
+	return __async_schedule(ptr, data, &async_running);
 }